A Bush victory in November is EXACTLY what Al Qaeda wants!

[ithacan]

They NEED Bush to be in power.

It would be a disaster for them if the US had a president who had a rational, intelligent and skilled foreign policy, who focused on making the US and the world more secure.

Bush has been a GODSEND for Al Qaeda:

- he's turned the entire world against the US

- he's squandered not only US goodwill, but US military power in a needless war in Iraq

- he's fed Al Qaeda with recruits from all over the world because of his stupid attack on Iraq.

Bush and Al Qaeda need each other; they are co-dependent.

The best way to deprive Al Qaeda of what they want and need is to BOOT OUT THE BUSH BASTARDS IN NOVEMBER!!

[proud patriot]

1. Bush has done everything that al queda has wanted

even pulling troops out of S.A.

bush plays right into their hands and
it's terrifying as a mother to watch.

[NJmaverick]

2. Very very very true

With out bush in power, there is no evil empire for them to rally against. With Kerry in power, the terrorists would become irrelevant and unable to recruit people to their cause. Al Qaeda wants bush to win in the worse way. Otherwise no more East VS West with the terrorists winning.

[Deja Q]

4. ?????!

So if Bush gets kicked out, Al Quaeda and the rest of the angry folk will scuttle off back to their homes, caves, rocks, and leave us alone?!

I don't think they care who runs this country in terms of visible leader. The problem is Corporate America. And not even Kucinich could disassemble that monstrosity quickly enough.

It's going to take YEARS if not DECADES to get anybody to really like us again, let alone those angered so much that they feel such violence is the answer.

Not to forget, whether or not religion played apart in their hatred before is no longer an issue. Shithead* clearly MADE it a religious issue, starting with his accidental use of the term "crusade" after the attacks.

And let's look at the attacks themselves: They are claimed to be acts of terrorism. Terrorism is used to kill as many people in order to scare as many people as possible. The World Trade Center does fit the bill here, though the WTC also represents the core of American capitalism (the 6 year old idiot on 20/20 who said it was a "building of peace" is utterly brainwashed, 'nuff said...) If the WTF was meant to be a convenient source of targets that day (did anybody check to see who was absent that day?) or if it was meant to be a military target (Osama's hoodlums tried demolishing the building in 1993, a clear sign he doesn't give a fuck as to who sits in the White House.) Then you have the White House and the Pentagon: Two clearly military targets. Somebody instigated war against the US, though LoadedDiaper* chose the "terrorism" route instead. Once again, he's a fucktwat. Had he used the "war" card, he could have eradicated far more freedoms far more quickly. Oops.

[ithacan]

5. that's not what I said.

What I'm saying is that Al Qaeda would far prefer Bush to be in power than someone else.

Bush feeds their agenda, which is to recruit people from all over the Muslim world. To do that, these people have to be pissed off at the US. When the US goes storming around the world like a huge bully, bombing countries into the stone age, that brings recruits.

When the US goes around pissing off every other country in the world, that makes a coordinated and intelligent response to terrorism much more difficult.

When the US is led by ideologues who think they know everything and think that brute force is the only way to get things done, the terrorists win.

What they don't want is a US leadership who acts in a more careful, measured and rational way.

You are right, this did not start now and will not end when Bush is dumped in November. But Al Qaeda is much better off with Bush in the White House than out.

[NJmaverick]

8. Exactly

bush had al qaeda on the ropes, he let them go. He decided seeking revenge against Saddam was more important then the war on terror. Plus he made that "crusade" comment.

[childslibrarian]

3. Well said...

Very clearly, you are correct...

[Piperay]

6. Agreed...

exactly what I have been thinking too.

[Junkdrawer]

7. History is full of co-dependent terror relationships....

Likud / Hamas

Likud / Iranian Fundamentalists

US Military Industrial Complex / Soviet Union

As for that last one, there are many that predicted that, when the Soviet Union fell, the US Military Industrial Complex would work hard to come up with an appropriate replacement. Sure enough, now we have:

US Military Industrial Complex / Al Qaeda

[ithacan]

9. yes, that is an excellent example

and perfectly on-target I think.

[Junkdrawer]

11. And I think the cat has learned from its mistake and will be more...

careful with its mouse this time.

[villager]

10. yes!

Just made this same point on another thread -- all these totalitarian entities need each other for their justification...